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Lance Armstrong listens as Oprah Winfrey questions him Jan. 14 in Austin about the controversy surrounding his cycling career. Oprah Winfrey's interview with Armstrong, "Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive," has expanded to air as a two-night event on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. The special episode of "Oprah's Next Chapter" will air at 9 p.m. ET/PT both Jan. 17 and Jan. 18. The interview will be streamed live both nights on Oprah.com.

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Forgiveness in the USA

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Lance Armstrong listens as Oprah Winfrey questions him Jan. 14 in Austin about the controversy surrounding his cycling career. Oprah Winfrey's interview with Armstrong, "Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive," has expanded to air as a two-night event on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. The special episode of "Oprah's Next Chapter" will air at 9 p.m. ET/PT both Jan. 17 and Jan. 18. The interview will be streamed live both nights on Oprah.com.
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St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire smiles as he rounds the bases after hitting his 70th home run of the 1998 season at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. McGwire admitted he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to the Associated Press on Jan. 11, 2010, that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade.
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Mark McGwire is sworn in before he testifies during a congressional hearing on steroid use in Major League Baseball on March 17, 2005. He refused to answer questions at the hearing about steroid use during his playing career, but he later admitted using them.
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Pete Rose sits in the Philadelphia Phillies dugout in 1979. In 1989, Rose was permanently placed on baseball's ineligible list amid reports that he had bet on baseball games. Rose denied the allegations for years, but he admitted publicly to betting on baseball while a player and manager for the Cincinnati Reds in his 2004 autobiography, "My Prison Without Bars."
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On Jan. 26, 1998, President Clinton denies allegations he had an affair with Monica Lewinsky. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky," he said as he wagged his finger at reporters at the White House.
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Former president Bill Clinton greets President Obama during a campaign event Nov. 3, 2012, at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Va. Clinton is considered to have been one of Obama's most valuable assets in the 2012 presidential campaign.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, seen in a scene from the 1991 movie "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," faced allegations of sexual misconduct before being elected governor of California in 2003.
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Actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, attend the funeral service of Maria's father, Sargent Shriver, at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Potomac, Md., on Jan. 22, 2011. The power-couple's marriage collapsed amid revelations that Schwarzenegger fathered a child with their live-in housekeeper 14 years ago but hid the truth from his wife.
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Tiger Woods, seen with daughter Sam and wife Elin in 2009, admitted that year to infidelity after more than a dozen women claimed to have had affairs with him.
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Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in federal prison, two years of probation and $30,000 in fines after her conviction in a stock-trading scandal in 2004.
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After serving nearly two years in prison, Michael Vick signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2009.
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Leona Helmsley, seen with husband Harry Helmsley, was convicted in 1989 of evading $1.2 million in federal taxes.
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Former New York Yankees baseball pitcher Roger Clemens testifies Feb. 13, 2008, on Capitol Hill, where he swore under oath that he had not used performance-enhancing drugs.
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Former All-Star pitcher Roger Clemens becomes emotional while talking to the news media after he was found not guilty on 13 counts of perjury and obstruction in 2012 stemming from his appearance on Capitol Hill in 2008.
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Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., lost his Senate race against Sen. Claire McCaskill, largely seen as one of the most vulnerable Senate Democrats in the 2012 election, after he made controversial statements about pregnancy and victims of "legitimate rape."
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After being fired from "Two and a Half Men" for making derogatory comments about the series' creator in 2011, Charlie Sheen had a highly publicized "meltdown."
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Fans hold a Charlie Sheen poster during the first half of the NCAA Horizon League conference championship basketball game, the day after Sheen was fired from "Two and a Half Men."
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Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino makes a public apology in 2009 concerning his involvement in a scandal in Louisville. Pitino said he was the target of an extortion attempt by the husband of a woman he had an affair with in 2003.
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Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino was fired after the 2011 season for not disclosing an inappropriate relationship with a female employee. He was later hired by Western Kentucky University.
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted in 2009 to having an extramarital affair after returning from a secret trip to visit a woman in Argentina and said that he would resign as head of the Republican Governors Association. The former governor recently announced that he will run for Congress in 2014.
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Author James Frey, who wrote the best seller "A Million Little Pieces," was accused of fabricating large parts of his memoirs.
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Lance Armstrong races in the 91st Tour de France in 2004. Armstrong, who repeatedly had denied using banned substances during his cycling career, admitted to their use during an interview Jan. 14 with Oprah Winfrey at his home in Texas.
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Lance Armstrong listens as Oprah Winfrey questions him Jan. 14 in Austin about the controversy surrounding his cycling career. Oprah Winfrey's interview with Armstrong, "Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive," has expanded to air as a two-night event on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. The special episode of "Oprah's Next Chapter" will air at 9 p.m. ET/PT both Jan. 17 and Jan. 18. The interview will be streamed live both nights on Oprah.com.